Children develop at different rates and in different ways, especially when it comes to speech and language development. For many children, slight delays in mastering language are normal and resolve ...

Parents in bilingual and multilingual families can wrestle with when and how to expose infants and toddlers to words in ...

Previous research shows that conversational turns (interactive conversations) between parents and children are important for a child’s long-term language development and academic achievement and that ...

Since their launch in 2007, smartphones have become a pervasive part of everyday life that influences interactions between parents and children. Research indicates that while parents typically use ...

ASU researchers are studying the link between genetics and speech to provide early intervention programs for children with communication disabilities.

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Your baby has been listening to you talk from their days in your womb. Then comes the big day when they copy you and start to say single words — and even string a couple of words together. Language ...

“Goo goo ga ga? Are wu my widdle baby?” If your idea of “baby talk” makes you throw up in your mouth a little, then it’s time to get educated. True baby talk, which a new study shows can boost infant ...

For deaf people, language deprivation during early childhood represents the most significant threat to the exercise of their civil rights and liberties. Nearly all of our clients in these cases were ...